Philip J Landrigan, MD
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PROFESSOR & CHAIR EMERITUS | Environmental Medicine & Public Health
Dr. Landrigan’s landmark studies in the early 1970s of children exposed to lead near a lead ore smelter in El Paso, Texas were among the first to show that lead can cause brain damage to children at levels too low to cause clinically evident signs and symptoms – a phenomenon now termed “subclinical toxicity.” This work was critical in persuading the EPA to remove lead from gasoline and paint, actions that resulted in a 95% decline in lead poisoning in US children. This success has been emulated in nations worldwide.

The 1993 National Academy of Science report on Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children that Dr. Landrigan led provided the blueprint for the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, the major law governing pesticide use in the US, and the only federal environmental law that contains explicit provisions for the protection of children’s health.

Dr. Landrigan has been centrally involved in the medical and epidemiologic studies that followed the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He has consulted extensively to the World Health Organization.

In the News
Dr. Landrigan and his work were recently profiled in The Daily News feature The Daily Check Up. View the PDF. Dr. Landrigan was also profiled in The Lancet in 2005. View profile.

Read the commentary by Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, "What's Getting Into Our Children?" that appeared in the New York Times on August 4, 2009.

AB, Boston College

Diploma of Industrial Health, University of London

MSc in Occupational Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

2014

Distinguished Alumni Research Award

Boston College

2014

Distinguished Graduate Award

Boston Latin School

2011

Frank R. Lautenberg Award in Public Health

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

2011

Senator Frank R Lautenberg Annual Award in Public Health

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

2009

Stephen Smith Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Public Health

New York Academy of Medicine

2008

Alumni Award for Professional Excellence

Boston College

2008

Irving J. Selikoff Award

Collegium Ramazzini

2006

Lifetime Achievement Award

Children's Health Environmental Coalition

2006

Children's Environmental Health Champion Award

Environmental Protection Agency

2005

Health Achievement in Occupational Medicine Award

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

2005

J. Lester Gabrilove Award

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2003

David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health

American Public Health Association

2003

Jorma Rantanen Award

Finnish Institute for Occupational Health

2002

James Keogh Award

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

2002

Jacobi Medallion

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

2002

Haven Emerson Award

Public Health Association of New York City

2000

Award for Environmental Advocacy on Behalf of Children

Environmental Advocates of New York

2000

William Steiger Memorial Award

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

1999

Katherine Boucot Sturgis Award

American College of Preventive Medicine

1998

Vernon Houk Award

International Society for Occupational and Environmental Health

1995

Occupational Health and Safety Award

International Association of Fire Fighters

1995

Herbert L. Needleman Medal and Award for Scientific Contributions and Advocacy on Behalf of Children

American Public Health Association

1995

William Sidell Presidential Award

United Brotherhood of Carpenters

1993

Harriet Hardy Award

New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

1985

Annual Honoree

New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health

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Dr. Landrigan has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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